Holcim US IncMining Incidents in 2026

Employee was in elevator and it got stuck between levels 1 and 2 on the preheat tower. MSHA hotline was called as required. Fire company and site rescue team were able to safely rescue employee at 7:50 am.

Debris and other unnecessary work material were present in the work area.

Employee was stepping down off of the fan deck of a cooling tower and rolled an ankle. They went to urgent care the following morning and it was determined to be fractured.

A contracted carrier loaded with cement was traveling on the plant road. The driver was speeding and ran off the road causing the truck and trailer to tip onto its side. The driver sustained a laceration to the head and was transported to a local hospital where stitches were required and a cracked vertebrae was discovered. Driver was also not wearing a seatbelt.

Resubmitting new report due to glitch from previous report (E-Doc #3673211). An altercation between two employees. One employee was struck in the face multiple times and received closed fractures to the facial bones

Employee was using a pry bar to clear a plugged chute. When the rock broke free, the employee hit their hand on the side of the chute, sustaining a fractured finger.

The employee was cleaning up used vac hose (6"" corrugated piping) when they pushed some filled piping over the the toe plate and as it was going over the end whipped up and slung cement dust into their eyes. Prescription drops prescribed.

While clearing out full mechanicals on K22, PA had some CKD flush out through the port they were poking through. The dust contact on the PA's skin caused some irritation; later, the PA was diagnosed with second-degree burns in the neck region.

Employee had finished up using a grinder, too EE's face shield and welding coat off when they felt something in the eye. EE was seen by the local clinic, it was a small piece of metal that was removed with a cotton swab and they gave EE antibiotic eye drops.

Finger was caught between two bricks. Employee had a fracture with stitches.

Employee was operating an air hoist when their hand got caught in the chain of the hoist. It smashed is left thumb and index finger causing lacerations.

Employee was opening and removing an inspection door on a LOTOTO clinker cooler fan. The door fell forward onto the EE's hand breaking a finger